Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-03
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Paul signal office since 1885.
 PrrTsBURG, November 2s-John W.
 Armytage, of San Francisco, WAS brrest- a tonight while attempting to pass
 bogus check for $500. Armytngo came
 here few days sgo with letiers from
 John ". Meckay, winch he presented to
 Black X Baird, real estate dealers, claim
 ing tU be MsckBy's agent commissioned
 to purchase for the cable station. This afternoon be came and asked them to
 cssh.s check for $500. The check was
 signed by Mscksy and drawn on tho
 Bank of California. Black & Baird tel
 Rraphed to Macksy, and an answer vs3
 received tonight saying that ArmytsRe
 was unknown to him. The latter was
 placed in jail tonight. It is supposed
 that that the letters n his possession are
 also fOrgerIes, ArmytBge Is twenty
 eight years old.
 NAPA, Cal, November 2S.-Mrs. Thos.
 Riley whild burning stabble near Yount-
 vile yesterday had her clothes catch ire
 and was burned to death.
 HAVANA. November 2S.-Ninsty five cigar factories have shut down owing
 10 the demand for increased wages. About 12,0O0 men are idle.
 | PITIsBUBa. November 2S.-Ihe furni- ture shops of Guickert & Go. burned
 this afternoon. Four employees were cut | of from the stair case by the flames and
 losing presence of mind jumped from the
 fourth story window. John DeEig sus- tained a fracture of both thighs snd jaw and will die. The other three es-
 capped with bruises.
 SAN FRANCISCO, November 2S-Motion to qussh the indictment against Inspec- tor Boyd for uttering Chinese certificates
 was srgursd in the circuit court to-day. The case was continued until tomorrow. Counsel argued the indictments were not legal, the names of the witnesses not being endorsed thereon. U. S.iAttorney McPike wodld not try Boyd on the first but on two more indictments charging him with stealing custom house records and conspiracy. Boyd gave new bonds this afternoon.
 WASHINGTON, November 2S.-The Bn-
 nusl report Of the Life Saving Service shows 2lS stations, l66 on the Atlantic,
 A. on the lakes, on the Pacific, st the falls of the Ohio; 332 disasters to docu- nented vessels; 6,2S2 people saved; @ lost, total value of property involved at seq 800, of which S5,7SS, ,S20 was
 saved and s1, ,2S6SS0 Iost.
 SAN FRAScIsCo, November 29-ID
 the case of Seneca 4. Swslm, charged
 with forging Dr. R. H. McDonsld's nAme to five certificates of Centrsl Pa cifc stock, Stephen T. Gage and Charles T. Crocker testified co being present <hen Senator Stanford paid Mrs. Mc- Donald S10,000 for the stock. Further hearing was continued till Wednesday.
 owing to absence of necessary Eit- Dessos.
 WASHINGTON, November 29-In hear. ing Complainant Rice against the Stan dard Oil trust before the Interstate Commerce Commission the eyii noe tends Co prove that tank rates on all the railroads are open to all corners, and that To special privileges are accorded Rny institution as gvoved. Arguments Eil. be heard January 10th.
 REDWOOD CIIY, Cal, November 2a- R- s. Smith, editor of the Times and Ga zette, was shot four t.nes b. Dr. Powell
 thIs afternoon. 1njth is dying The trouble grew cut Of RG article pub lished in the Gazette last sunday ir which MT. L. E. Powell gs6 charged Eith defrsudInz . Eidog Jf money paid for iowa gGtef, Hot words passed between .he men on Sunday. and Smith was si- tergsFds warned that Powell talked og | shooting. About l SmithTas standing 1 in front of tDe drug store, when Powell | approached. Smith said, "Dr, l hear yOu sre going to shoot me" Powell l answered "Yes," and drew bis pistol and fired three shots, one taking effect m She l back at the base Of the shoulder blade, l the other two missing him. Smith Was carried home, where he now lies in a critical coDd.tiOn. Powell Is locked up. ] PoEelll is brother of the de.estod l denocratio candidate for governor of l Ohio, at the last election.
 CINCINNATI. Nov 29.-A legal investi- ! gation of the great Fidelity Bank failure l commenced this morning.
 WAsHIsGroS, Nov. 29.-The President to day appointed Jas. B. Chess, of h. | dlsns, to be U. B. Consul at Durango, | Mexico. and Allen x. Norman Co be | postmaster at San Diego, Gal.
 NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-A Washington | special says James G. Blaine Is expected | to resch San Francisco on bis return to | the United States January 20th next | He will return via Japan, Five days | after hIs arrival in San Francisco the | National Republican Convention will be | held. Blaine will remain in California | until the nomination Is made. One of | Mir. Blaine's party managers is authority | for this statement.
 CHICAGO, November 29.-The cold fhrnnUhnnt ha ..I sending a great many tourists bound to California, to that point by way of New Orleans. To accommodate travel. the Illinois Central R. R. has insugurated a line of through sleeping cars from Chi osgo to Los Angeles. Their train last night left here with sleepers full of pas sengers bound for Los Angeles.
 PARIS, November 29.-De Roulede, leader of the Patriotic League, threat ems to march to the Palace Elysee a. the head of fifty thousand men if Ferry is elected president, and prevent him from entering.
 DUBLIN, November 29-People are ar riviug in Dublin from all parts of Ire land 70 attend the meeting of the Union ists, st which Harrington and Gsschin VIII De present,
 NEW YORK. November 29-Herr Most testified.in his own behalf this morning. My speech" he said, lacked the threats and violent language" which he is chsrs- cd with having uttered. Upon tho cry of 'RevengeP being uttered in the Bu- dience," he went ou, 'I sad not now. capitalists are against ss. We gre here to accuse, and I accuse Grinnoll and Judge Gary, of murder" He had never said that for every man killed in Chics- go, five hundred must be slaughtered.
 RICHMOND, Va, November-Omcial re- turns of the late election, show demo cratic majority in the state, of 426,
 NEW YORK, November 29-The Court Df Appeals have reversed the decision in Jacob Shsrp's case snd ordered 0 new trial. When the news of granting new trial was announced to Sharp, he manifested Lo emotion whatever, re ,eiylng the news with that stOlid iudif- 'erenc 10 ali things which has character zed him since his incarceration.
 SAS FRANCISCO, November 29.-Gov. A